Developed and maintains the Autotools build system and application
- infrastructure. He is CouchDB’s primary release manager and co-author of
+ infrastructure. He is CouchDB’s primary release manager, and is co-author of
CouchDB: The Definitive Guide.

Upgraded the Erlang JSON term format. Integrates community patches,
particularly related to the HTTP API and the MapReduce system. Gives talks and
presentations about CouchDB, and is co-author of
CouchDB: The Definitive Guide.